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Early End to SJHL Season a Tough Blow For League’s 20-Year-Olds

By | April 3, 2021 |
Early End to SJHL Season a Tough Blow For League’s 20-Year-Olds

The teams are disappointed, the players are upset and the fans are left waiting for more. The SJHL did what it could to save the 2021 season, but without proper approvals, the league’s elder statesmen are saying goodbye to their junior careers without a proper send-off. More…

How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

By | March 30, 2021 |
How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else

This article was inspired by a TIME article I’d read long ago, that written by Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz, and titled “How Sports Can Help Your Kids Outsmart Everyone Else”  (I’ve linked that so you can read it for yourself).  I probably like the subtitle even more, though, as in “The playing field provides the ideal…

The Hockey Skater’s Thrust and Shoulder Movements

By | March 28, 2021 |
The Hockey Skater’s Thrust and Shoulder Movements

Not everyone realizes there are discrepancies in the way various athletes move in a straight line, and it just so happens that there are also differences in the biomechnics applied in the three skating sports. It would be helpful for hockey coaches, parents and adult players to understand a few things — as they plan…

Need to Know: The All-American Prospects Game

By | March 18, 2021 |
Need to Know: The All-American Prospects Game

One of the most helpful new NHL draft scouting events of the past decade has been the annual All-American Prospects Game and we now have rosters for the 2021 edition, which will be held at USA Hockey Arena in Michigan on April 7. More…

Get Ready for the Prep Hockey Conference

By | March 16, 2021 |
Get Ready for the Prep Hockey Conference

The Prep Hockey Conference is launching for the 2021-22 season, bringing together six elite programs in North America: Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, St. Andrew’s College, Northwood School, Culver Academies, Mount St. Charles Academy and South Kent School. All six programs have developed NHLers and top-end NCAA players throughout their histories. More…

Miracle On Ice Teammates Shocked, Devastated by Death of Mark Pavelich

By | March 11, 2021 |
Miracle On Ice Teammates Shocked, Devastated by Death of Mark Pavelich

A week after Pavelich was found dead at a treatment facility in Minnesota, the players who won the Olympic gold medal with him in 1980 are still searching for answers. More…

Hockey Folks Duped By Faulty Logic

By | March 9, 2021 |
Hockey Folks Duped By Faulty Logic

I’m not sure where to begin with this one, but maybe it’s best to first explain what set me on fire… You see, I like to follow goings on in various hockey and other sport forums.  And it was one such group having mainly to do with skate sharpening and pro shop operations that recently…

‘Miracle’ hockey star Mark Pavelich found dead in treatment center

By | March 6, 2021 |
‘Miracle’ hockey star Mark Pavelich found dead in treatment center

Text size share tweet email Print more Olympic “Miracle” hockey star and Iron Range sports legend Mark Pavelich was found dead Thursday in a central Minnesota residential treatment center, bringing to an end the life of a man who reached the pinnacle of international sport and hit the depths of legal and psychological distress. More…

Walter Gretzky, father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82

By | March 5, 2021 |
Walter Gretzky, father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82

Wayne Gretzky confirmed the death in a social media post, noting that his father had Parkinson’s disease and other health problems. He did not say where his father died. “For me, he was the reason I fell in love with the game of hockey,” Gretzky wrote of his father. “He inspired me to be the…

Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #12

By | March 3, 2021 |
Coach Chic’s Hockey Podcast #12

This episode is a lot about the two special videos I created for use in The MOTION Lab, along with some advice no member will want to miss! Sorry, if the above mentioned videos aren’t available for everyone.  They ARE that valuable.